New model predicts redo surgery risk in adult congenital heart disease
Heart specialists at Mayo Clinic today presented new research at the 2026 Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting…
New AI tool helps determine the risk of secondary heart attacks in cancer patients
University researchers have pioneered a new tool to determine the risk of secondary heart attacks in cancer patients…
Feeling alone can hurt the heart more than we realize, study finds
When someone is diagnosed with heart disease, the first things people think about are blocked arteries, blood pressure,…
AI-driven model enhances treatment decisions for cancer patients after heart attack
Cancer patients who suffer a heart attack face a dangerous mix of risks, which makes their clinical treatment…
Daily coffee intake linked to fewer atrial fibrillation relapses
A randomized trial suggests that avoiding coffee after cardioversion may not help, and that modest caffeine intake may…
Antiplatelet medications linked to worse outcomes in people hospitalized with a brain bleed
Analysis of hospital registry data found that people who were hospitalized due to bleeding in the brain and…
Ischemic stroke increases expectant mother’s risk for another stroke during or soon after pregnancy
Having had a stroke caused by blocked blood vessels (ischemic stroke) more than doubled an expectant mother’s odds of having…
Cardiac MRI breakthrough could be a game changer for assessing advanced heart failure
Doctors may soon be able to tell just how sick a heart failure patient really is by using…
Eating beef as part of a healthy dietary pattern does not impact risk factors for type 2 diabetes
More than 135 million American adults are either living with or at risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D),…
Mapping the early onset of coronary heart disease in men
Men begin developing coronary heart disease – which can lead to heart attacks – years earlier than women,…
Men still develop heart disease 10 years earlier than women
Historical data indicate that men develop coronary heart disease (CHD) 10 years before women. A recent study in…
Immune system dysfunction may fuel progressive heart failure after heart attacks
When the heart’s muscle is weakened or injured due to a heart attack, it can make it hard…